Sleep and Dreaming: Scientific Advances and Reconsiderations

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How and why does the sleeping brain generate dreams? Though the question is old, a paradigm shift is now occurring in the science of sleep and dreaming that is making room for new answers. From brainstem-based models of sleep cycle control, research is moving toward combined brainstem/forebrain models of sleep cognition itself. The book presents five papers by leading scientists at the center of the current firmament, and more than seventy-five commentaries on those papers by nearly all of the other leading authorities in the field. Topics include mechanisms of dreaming and REM sleep, memory consolidation in REM sleep, and an evolutionary hypothesis of the function of dreaming. The papers and commentaries, together with the authors' rejoinders, represent a huge leap forward in our understanding of the sleeping and dreaming brain. The book's multidisciplinary perspective will appeal to students and researchers in neuroscience, cognitive science, and psychology.

"This is a fascinating book on the state of the science of sleep and dreaming circa 2002." Quarterly Review of Biology

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv
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Contents
pp v-viii
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Preface
pp ix-x
- By Edward Pace-Schott, Mark Solms, Mark Blagrove, Stevan Harnad
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Introduction
pp xi-xiv
- By Mark Blagrove, Department of Psychology, University of Wales Swansea
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1 - Dreaming and the brain: Toward a cognitive neuroscience of conscious states
pp 1-50
- By J. Allan Hobson, Laboratory of Neurophysiology, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Mental Health Center, Boston, MA 02115., Edward F. Pace-Schott, Laboratory of Neurophysiology, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Mental Health Center, Boston, MA 02115., Robert Stickgold, Laboratory of Neurophysiology, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Mental Health Center, Boston, MA 02115.
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2 - Dreaming and REM sleep are controlled by different brain mechanisms
pp 51-58
- By Mark Solms, Academic Department of Neurosurgery, St. Bartholomew's and Royal London School of Medicine, Royal London Hospital, London E1 1BB, United Kingdom
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3 - A review of mentation in REM and NREM sleep: “Covert” REM sleep as a possible reconciliation of two opposing models
pp 59-74
- By Tore A. Nielsen, Sleep Research Center, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada and Psychiatry Department, Université de Montréal, Québec H4J 1C5, Canada
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4 - The case against memory consolidation in REM sleep
pp 75-84
- By Robert P. Vertes, Center for Complex Systems, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 33431, Kathleen E. Eastman, Department of Psychology, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011
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5 - The reinterpretation of dreams: An evolutionary hypothesis of the function of dreaming
pp 85-110
- By Antti Revonsuo, Department of Philosophy, Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Turku, Turku FIN-20014, Finland
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Open Peer Commentary and Authors' Responses
pp 111-111
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Table of Commentators
pp 112-114
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Open Peer Commentary
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Authors' Responses
pp 231-294
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References
pp 295-334
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Postscript: Recent findings on the neurobiology of sleep and dreaming
pp 335-350
- By Edward F. Pace-Schott, Harvard Medical School
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Index
pp 351-360
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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-viii

Preface
pp ix-x

Introduction
pp xi-xiv

1 - Dreaming and the brain: Toward a cognitive neuroscience of conscious states
pp 1-50

2 - Dreaming and REM sleep are controlled by different brain mechanisms
pp 51-58

3 - A review of mentation in REM and NREM sleep: “Covert” REM sleep as a possible reconciliation of two opposing models
pp 59-74

4 - The case against memory consolidation in REM sleep
pp 75-84

5 - The reinterpretation of dreams: An evolutionary hypothesis of the function of dreaming
pp 85-110

Open Peer Commentary and Authors' Responses
pp 111-111

Table of Commentators
pp 112-114

Open Peer Commentary
pp 115-230

Authors' Responses
pp 231-294

References
pp 295-334

Postscript: Recent findings on the neurobiology of sleep and dreaming
pp 335-350

Index
pp 351-360

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